College of Charleston Campus Reports & Resources

Transgender Students, Faculty and Staff:

Name and Pronoun Statement

The College of Charleston recognizes that as a community, many of its members use first names other than their legal names to identify themselves. Our campus is beginning a phased implementation of a Preferred First Name process in Fall 2018. A preferred first name is a name that one would commonly use that is different from the legal first name. Other than cases where legal name is required, this is the name that will be used whenever possible in the course of College of Charleston business and education.

A simple statement in the syllabus to invite a quick note on name or gender pronoun choices enhances the inclusivity of your course.

GSEC recommends the following statement for your syllabi:

I will gladly honor your request to address you by the name and gender pronouns of your choice. Please advise me of this early in the semester via your college-issued email account or during office hours so that I may make the appropriate notation on my class list.

Below is a list of campus restrooms converted to Gender Neutral facilities to date:

- Buist Rivers Hall: One restroom on 1st Floor in service corridor between office 108 and staff apartment

- Rutledge Rivers Hall: One restroom on 1st Floor

- Craig Hall: One restroom in 1st Floor Lobby (next to security desk)

- Liberty Street Hall: Five total, one each on floors 1-4 across from the community rooms; one on 1st floor in the RHD office suite.

College of Charleston Special Collections:

The Special Collections division at the College of Charleston is pleased to offer a corollary geographic touchstone of Charleston’s queer history and beginning the task of documenting the presence of the LGBTTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Queer, Intersex, and Agender) community as well as their allies, in the lowcountry. The Real Rainbow Row project attests to a strong and vibrant queer past in Charleston and seeks to restore these individuals to their rightful place in our story.